The PF Flyers 12U team improved to 12-0 on the season and won its third straight fall tournament, winning the Tournaments for a Cause Halloween Frenzy on Sunday.
The Flyers racked up three more run-rule victories in the tournament, bringing them to nine on the season. The team’s pitchers have only given up more than two runs once in 12 games.
The Flyers started with two shutouts on Saturday.
The team won 13-0 in the first game of pool play. Luke Owens and Isaac Mahle combined for a four-inning no-hitter. Mahle struck out two in 1 1/3 innings.
Pierce Ewen was 2-for-3 with two triples, three RBI and two runs scored. Aaron Becerra was 2-for-2 with a double, two RBI and a run scored.
The Flyers won the second pool play game 12-0. Becerra and Colton Rash each had a pair of hits. Every Flyers hitter but one had a hit. Charlie Renneker and Ryan Edwards each had triples.
Jackson Meinberg, Renneker and Ewen combined for the four-inning shutout. Meinberg and Ewen each struck out two in one inning of work.
The Flyers faced a closer game in the semifinal.
The score was tied 1-1 in the third inning. Mahle led off with a single, stole second and advanced to third on a sacrifice fly by Edwards. Ewen then delivered a squeeze bunt to score Mahle and give the Flyers a 2-1 lead.
The Flyers added two more runs in the fourth inning to make the score 4-1. They held on for a 4-2 win.
Owens and Renneker each pitched three innings. Owens allowed two hits and one run, while striking out three. Renneker allowed three hits and no earned runs. He struck out two.
The win sent the Flyers to the championship game where they returned to dominance.
The offense pounded out 14 hits and 16 runs in three innings. The final score was 16-1.
Edwards was 2-for-2 with a home run, two RBI and two runs scored. Becerra was 2-for-2 with a double, three RBI and two runs scored. Cade Voshell, Owens and Meinberg each added two hits.
Meinberg pitched two innings on a tidy 21 pitches, allowing four hits and a run. Edwards pitched the final inning and threw seven pitches — all strikes. He allowed no hits and struck out one.
The Flyers wrap up the fall season this weekend at the The Ripken Experience Pigeon Forge.
